311, Lot: 770. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 610-560 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.33 g). Sardes mint. Confronted lion heads (only the left visible); [WALWET (in Lydian) between (only traces visible)] / Two incuse square punches. Weidauer Group XVII, 101–2; Traité I 51–2. VF.

This issue is struck with an obverse die containing two heads, but is typically struck so that only one or the other lion head is visible.